By Sheridan Block
sheridan@ouraynews.com
While there's no doubt that a new rooftop design is necessary, Ouray School parents, teachers and students can all agree there is another much-needed area of improvement: drainage.
Whether it’s a slippery slope of rock slides down 7th... + continue reading

By Sheridan Block
sheridan@ouraynews.com
It's been an ongoing issue on CR 5 — who is responsible for plowing the road? The question was raised by local outdoorsman and founder of San Juan Huts Joe Ryan during the Board of County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday.
In past years,... + continue reading

Ouray's Caleb Preston in a mid-season game against Ridgway.
Plaindealer photo by Sheridan Block

By Sheridan Block
sheridan@ouraynews.com
Loss is not easy. Especially not for the proud group of high school warriors on the Ouray boys basketball team. Despite a crushing blow from the Mancos Bluejays in an away game last weekend, the Trojans lift their heads high as they march into battle at... + continue reading

By Sheridan Block
sheridan@ouraynews.com
A tragic discovery ended the search of Danish traveler Jin Junge when extraction crews recovered his vehicle and body on Thursday.
According to a press release from Ouray County Public Information Officer Marti Whitmore, the white Cadillac... + continue reading

Attempts at using the crane to extract the vehicle on Wednesday were unsuccessful. A wrecker was brought in Thursday morning.
Courtesy photo by Colorado Department of Transportation

By Sheridan Block
sheridan@ouraynews.com
Red Mountain Pass remains closed today as the Ouray County Sheriff's Office and the Colorado Department of Transportation continue efforts to extract a vehicle from the canyon floor.
According to a report from CDOT Wednesday evening, the... + continue reading

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Second Sunday Cinema will present “Rosewater,” the true story of a Canadian journalist, born in Iran, who bravely transmitted footage of Iranian street riots to the BBC in June 2009.
Maziar Bahari was tortured and interrogated for... + continue reading

Plaindealer Staff Report
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Open Bard Poetry Series will present its second Youth Night Poetry Reading on Thursday evening, Feb. 5, at the Sherbino Theater.
All Ouray, Ridgway, Montrose and Telluride children and young people, grade school through... + continue reading

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By Bill Tiedje
bill@ouraynews.com
After serving on the Ridgway School Board for five years, Board Member Steve Larivee will resign, effective April 1, due to health concerns and to be closer to his grandchildren.
In an interview on Feb. 16, Larivee said he and his wife Ann would be... + continue reading

By Sheridan Block
sheridan@ouraynews.com
At 75 years old, singer-songwriter Judy Collins is still powering through the music industry, continuing to prove her talents through new songs and world tours.
Next Friday, Feb. 13, the Grammy award winner will bring her beloved talents to the Montrose... + continue reading

2014 Sneffels Traverse co-winners Scott Simmons and Brian Smith near the race’s high point of Wilson Creek Summit.
Plaindealer photo by Bill Tiedje

By Bill Tiedje
bill@ouraynews.com
This year may see the return of a local champion in the sixth annual Sneffels Traverse, a 25 mile cross-country ski race across the base of the Sneffels Range, according to San Juan Huts Systems's Joe Ryan.
"It's the locals’ chance to... + continue reading

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It's been five years since we moved to Ouray County, after being behind the Pine Curtain in East Texas for over a decade. We stay in touch with folks and root around for news from time to time.... + continue reading